Since the flesh-eating screwworm fly reinvaded Mexico in 2024, human cases of the voracious parasite have been mounting.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flesh‑eating fly thought eradicated decades ago has been found in Texas, its first return to the United States in generations.

As the New World screwworm has resurged in North America, it's infesting both livestock and people, a new report shows.

The flesh-eating New World screwworm has returned to the U.S. While the risk to North Carolina remains low, experts say ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, center, at the opening of a New World screwworm sterile fly production facility in ...

A case of New World screwworm has been confirmed in South Texas, the US Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday night. It marks the first detected breach of the US-Mexico border by the ravenous ...

Federal health officials reported on Monday that cases of a flesh-eating parasitic infection continue to be detected near the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said a New World ...

The New World screwworm, which was found in the United States in June for the first time in decades, often chooses livestock like cows to host its flesh-eating larvae. That fact may have some ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, center, at the opening of a New World screwworm sterile fly production facility in Edinburg, Texas, to combat the northward spread of the flesh-eating ...

The USDA confirmed it detected a case of New World screwworm larvae in a 3-week-old calf in southern Texas. Officials said they’ve been prepared to combat the flesh eating parasite. Federal ...